This view shows the recursive nature of
idealisation/realisation levels in the Structural and Transformational models
used.

What this means is that, while there is an overall flow (Contextual,
Conceptual, Logical, Physical and Operational) from the top of the
transformation stack to the bottom, we also recognise that within each level,
information could be Conceptual, Logical or Physical. The Physical sub-level of
each level being the required output, but recognising that in order to produce
it, work at the Logical and Conceptual sub-levels may be required.

The Contextual sub-level effectively comprises the
information from all levels above, and the Operational sub-level effectively comprises
the information from all levels below.

At each level (Contextual, Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
the information we need to produce at that level is Physical (wrt to that
level) but in order to produce it we may need to first build more abstract information
(Logical and/or Conceptual).

A good example is where BMM fits, which is at the Contextual
level with respect to the whole Transformation domain.

What we need to produce at this level are Objectives and
Tactics because this is what is required to feed into the next level. But we
can’t just write down our Objectives and Tactics, we need to define more
abstract things like Vision and Goals (for Objectives) and Mission and
Strategies (for Tactics)

The relationships are much more complicated than that:

¨An Objective is not part-of a
Goal (decomposition), or a type-of Goal
(specialisation). An Objective is a transformation-of
a Goal (realisation).

¨A Goal is not part-of a Vision
(decomposition), or a type-of Vision
(specialisation). A Goal is a transformation-of
a Vision (realisation).

¨A Tactic is not part-of a
Strategy (decomposition), or a type-of
Strategy (specialisation). A Tactic is a transformation-of
a Strategy (realisation).

¨A Strategy is not part-of a
Mission (decomposition), or a type-of Mission
(specialisation). A Strategy is a transformation-of
a Mission (realisation).

So we can say…

From the pov of the whole Transformation Domain…

From the pov of the Contextual Level…

Enterprise Context

Contextual

Contextual

Conceptual

Vision, Mission

Logical

Goals, Strategies

Physical

Objectives, Tactics

Conceptual

Operational

Logical

Physical

Operational

Does your Enterprise represent
the information at each of the main levels in terms of Conceptual, Logical
and Physical (BMM does)?